Serving as targeting ligands,aptamers have shown promise in precision medicine.However,the lack of knowledge of the biosafety and metabolism patterns in the human body largely impeded aptamers’clinical translation.To...Serving as targeting ligands,aptamers have shown promise in precision medicine.However,the lack of knowledge of the biosafety and metabolism patterns in the human body largely impeded aptamers’clinical translation.To bridge this gap,here we report the first-in-human pharmacokinetics study of protein tyrosine kinase 7 targeted SGC8 aptamer via in vivo PET tracking of gallium-68(^(68)Ga)radiolabeled aptamers.The specificity and binding affinity of a radiolabeled aptamer,named ^(68)Ga[Ga]-NOTA-SGC8,were maintained as proven in vitro.Further preclinical biosafety and biodistribution evaluation confirmed that aptamers have no biotoxicity,potential mutation risks,or genotoxicity at high dosage(40 mg/kg).Based on this result,a first-in-human clinical trial was approved and carried out to evaluate the circulation and metabolism profiles,as well as biosafety,of the radiolabeled SGC8 aptamer in the human body.Taking advantage of the cutting-edge total-body PET,the aptamers’distribution pattern in the human body was acquired in a dynamic fashion.展开更多
基金the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2020YFA0909000 and 2020YFA0210800)the National Science Foundation of China(No.22204102,52161160307,91953000,and 2182781)+2 种基金Shanghai Sailing Program,Shanghai Committee of Science and Technology,China(No.21YF1425700)Excellent Academic Leader Programme of Shanghai Health Commission(2022XD033)Core Facility of Basic Medical Sciences in Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine,and the Innovative Research Team of High-Level Local Universities in Shanghai,China.
文摘Serving as targeting ligands,aptamers have shown promise in precision medicine.However,the lack of knowledge of the biosafety and metabolism patterns in the human body largely impeded aptamers’clinical translation.To bridge this gap,here we report the first-in-human pharmacokinetics study of protein tyrosine kinase 7 targeted SGC8 aptamer via in vivo PET tracking of gallium-68(^(68)Ga)radiolabeled aptamers.The specificity and binding affinity of a radiolabeled aptamer,named ^(68)Ga[Ga]-NOTA-SGC8,were maintained as proven in vitro.Further preclinical biosafety and biodistribution evaluation confirmed that aptamers have no biotoxicity,potential mutation risks,or genotoxicity at high dosage(40 mg/kg).Based on this result,a first-in-human clinical trial was approved and carried out to evaluate the circulation and metabolism profiles,as well as biosafety,of the radiolabeled SGC8 aptamer in the human body.Taking advantage of the cutting-edge total-body PET,the aptamers’distribution pattern in the human body was acquired in a dynamic fashion.